National Screening Bureau acquires PeopleMatter Group

A Wichita firm that specializes in doing background checks of potential employees has acquired a smaller, local firm that focuses on talent management.

Officials from National Screening Bureau, 920 N. Tyler Road, declined to disclose financial terms of its acquisition of PeopleMatter Group, a 10-year-old firm that evaluates top-performing employees in a company to identify their common attributes and incorporate that information into the hiring process.

Todd Sutcliffe, president and CEO of the National Screening Bureau, or NATSB, said in a news release that the acquisition will add to his company’s service offerings.

“This acquisition expands our knowledge base with 60-plus years of … experience and enhances our already robust portfolio of products to now include (human resource) tools and talent management services,” he said.

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“We are enthusiastic about the combination both firms will bring to help clients,” Anita Buchanan, a PeopleMatter partner, said in the release.

Troy Trussell, NATSB’s director of marketing, said the acquisition expands its staff size from 10 people to 13. He also said PeopleMatter brings about $2 million in business to the company.

The National Screening Bureau is a 10-year-old firm that provides pre-employment and professional development services to business, such as background checks and drug testing, Homeland Security employment eligibility verification and corporate training courses.